EXCELLENT WEEK FOR FIELDWORK; Mid-summer like temperatures dominated the week’s weath
er. Rainfall was very sparse over the western part of the state. There were two days with some scattered thun
dershowers over the eastern two-thirds. Respondents to our survey indicated that 6 days were suitable for
field work. Activities for the week included repairing fence; hauling manure; spreading fertilizer and lime;
cutting hay; maintaining machinery; spring plowing; planting crops; and caring for livestock.
SOIL MOISTURE: Across the commonwealth, topsoil was rated short by 19 percent of our respondents,
adequate by 78 percent, and surplus by 3 percent. In the northern region, 33 percent rated it short, and 67 per
cent of our respondents rated it adequate. In the central region, 11 percent of our respondents rated soil mois
ture short, 84 percent rated it adequate, and 5 percent of our respondents rated it surplus. In the southern reg
ion, 19 percent of our respondents rated soil moisture short, 78 percent rated it adequate and 3 percent rated it
surplus.
PLOWING: Spring plowing in Pennsylvania was 89 percent completed by week’s end. Last year 87 percent
was complete. The five-year average was 86 percent. Completion of spring plowing was 83.91, and 94 per
cent in the northern, central, and southern regions, respectively.
CORN: The commonwealth’s com crop was 64 percent planted by the end of the week. At this time last year,
52 percent was planted, the five-year average was 51 percent. Planting completion by region were: northern
rcgion-49 percent; central region-67 percent; and southern region-76 percent.
TOBACCO; All of Pennsylvania’s tobacco beds were planted by the end of the week. Both last year and the
five-year average were 100 percent complete by this time.
OATS; By week’s end, 95 percent of Pennsylvania’s oats were planted. Last year, that figure was 93 percent.
The five-year average was 94 percent planted. Planting completion in the three regions were northern
region-90 percent, central region-96 percent, and southern region- 100 percent. The oats crop was rated 23
percent excellent, 56 percent good, 17 percent fair, and 4 percent poor.
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30 YEARS AGO
-Glenn Musser, Mount Joy Rl,
was elected president of the Wit
ness Oak chapter of Future Far
mers of America at a recent meet
ing. Musser, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elias Musser, is a junior in
vocational agriculture at the
Donegal Joint High School, Mount
Joy RD. The president elect is fol
lowing the footsteps of an older
brother Donald, who was a former
president of the chapter and holder
of the Keystone Farmer Degree in
the state association.
Other officers elected are Wal
ter Mowrer, Marietta Rl, vice
president: Harold Brubaker,
Mount Joy Rl, treasurer; Carl Cin
der, Mount Joy R 2, secretary; John
Hess, Mount Joy Rl, reporter;
James Gingrich, Mount Joy R 2,
sentinel and Lee Stauffer, Mount
Joy Rl, chaplain. Grant Millert is
chapter adviser.
-John W. Eby, Jr., Gordonville
Rl, was elected president by the
Pequea Valley chapter Future Far
mers of America at a recent meet
ing in the high school. Eby, tfie son
of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Eby, is a
student in vocational agriculture at
the Pequea Valley High School.
He was named outstanding swine
producer in the community FFA
last summer, and exhibited a gilt at
the 1961 Pennsylvania Farm
Show.
Glen E. Esbenshade, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Elias B. Esbenshade,
Paradise Rl, was elected vice pres
ident of the group. Other officers
elected were as follows: Benjamin
L. Clarke, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 25, 1991-A23
THIS WEEK
David Clark, Kinzers Rl, secret
ary; Dale B. Hostetler, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Eby I Hostetler, Gap Rl,
treasurer, Richard S. King, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. King, Gap
Rl, reporter, Donald L. Ranck, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Ranck,
Paradise Rl, sentinel; Lester O.
Houck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Omar
L. Houck, Paradise Rl.
Roy R. Mentzer, a former mem
ber of the chapter, was elected
junior leader adviser. Henry E.
Givler, teacher of vocational agri
culture at the school is the adviser.
-Many farms have fire ponds but
very few have good roads to the
ponds, New Providence 4-H mem
bers were told at their recent
meeting.
Guest speaker A. N. McCon
nell, president of the Willow Street
fire company, told club members
most of the roads to farm fire
ponds are not capable of holding
the heavy fire fighting equipment;
therefore, pumpers are needed.
Miss C. Jane Henry, reporter for
the club, announces the next meet
ing of the club which will be June
1, in the New Providence Elemen
tary School.
-A purebred Ayrshire heifer
consigned by Masonic Home
Farms, Elizabethtown, to the 1961
Grand National Sale at the Pen
nsylvania Farm Show Building
recently was third high animal in
sale.
The open heifer, Masonic
Homes Polly Ann 2nd, was pur
chased by F. Ambrose Clark,
Cooperstown, New York, for
$1,050.
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